Toy Maker wrote:Well I have kept quiet on the subject for a few weeks awaiting to see it's outcome.Now that the cat is out of the bag, I suppose I can go ahead and offer up a few details.

I spoke to Linda, about 3-4 weeks ago, and was asking how the move and new shop was going.

During our conversation, she let me know that Rita was no longer there, and was on a "leave of absence"As the conversation went on, I was told that she was not sure if it were a temporary, or permanent "leave of absence" yet.Linda told me that Rita was having some "family issues" that she had to take care of, and things were up in the air, over her return.I was told that currently, Bill was the head tech, and that they had brought in another previous Carver employee as his assistant.

One of the concerns Linda and I spoke about, was the repair companies "name".Evidently Bob had told them to start thinking up a new name for the business (in case she did not return I expect)My suggestion to her was... Don't come up with a new name at all... but to build themselves into the new business Bob is starting, as Bob Carver's Equipment Repair Division.

For those that don't know... Bob is starting a new company. The website is in the works now, as is the product line.http://www.BobCarver.com (not live yet) Of which, I am to be some type of shareholder/design-fabrication engineer. (details still in the works)

My suggestion to Linda, was to go back to Bob, and work out some way of incorporating their "new company" into a branch of Bob's new business, rather than trying to promote 2 new companies...one of which would be a very small repair business that would be relying on Bob's name for business anyway.

I have not spoken to Lynda in a few weeks, and I expect they are still hashing out the details of the new repair company.But I fully expect them to be a branch of the new company Bob is forming, to some extent anyway.

Those are the details I know of so far. If I find out more, I will post, as will John I'm sure.

oh my, a loose ribbon connector. the amp is what it should be, a beast. with in 30 seconds, i found it limits with the al3's on the front, the 2-15" on another 2 channels at 2 ohms each. it was set to around 13 or 14 on the tgp4 and was rocking then the 15a fuse said forget that. wow, it pounded. so now the 15's have a 300x2 and the rest is on the 400 with two channels to spare until i run more cables un the house to the desired locations. i really like this amp. now for a 625x2 17" amp in the future.

I just dropped off a TFM-45 at Bob Carver's Repair Center and guess who was there to great me? Rita! Apparently she is back volunteering for Bob trying to help him turn things around. It seems that they've been extremely slow since the move and Mr Carver is threatening to close the doors for good if things don't change in the next few months. Rita is a VERY good tech and has been working exclusively on Carver products for nearly 30 years.

"...and Mr Carver is threatening to close the doors for good if things don't change in the next few months"

Damn....ANOTHER thing to worry about: fear that you will outlive your Carver/Sunfire amps as well as your money (in retirement)! I have two "spares"; hope that's enough 'cause at some point it looks like they'll be no one left to repair them...which will be a sad day indeed but hopefully many years in the future...

jjptkd wrote:It seems that they've been extremely slow since the move and Mr Carver is threatening to close the doors for good if things don't change in the next few months.

Why don't more people have their equipment repaired at Bob's? I know Rolland has a good reputation, but his turnaround time is now around 3 weeks, I'm told, so why wouldn't you use Bob? Is there something I should know or somebody knows why NOT to send it to Bob's for repair?

I know, it seems strange to me that on a forum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Carver products that anyone here would not support his repair facility. I could understand if you lived close to one of the "other" shops and didn't want to ship but if you're going to ship anyway... Either way, I have a small stack of gear I'll be running through their shop and I'll be encouraging all my friends with Carver amplifiers to get them refurbished and signed by the "man" himself before it's too late.

Rollands turn around time is more like 10 weeks, thats what my tfm 42 took !! he has a huge backlog!!! so dont expect anything from him in 3 weeks, not gonna happen!! but he does do awesome work, very happy with my tfm 42!!

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